Hi,
since nobody raised any concerns, we will make the change to align
YANG 1.1 with XML 1.0 5th edition (including the yang-identifier
example update mentioned in a subsequent post by Martin).
/js
On Thu, Aug 18, 2016 at 12:02:01PM +0200, Juergen Schoenwaelder wrote:
> Hi,
>
> as discussed in the thread 'YANG 1.1: XML naming restriction', it
> seems that the restriction that identifiers may not start with "xml"
> is not necessary according to XML 1.0 (5th edition). In addition, it
> seems the YANG 1.1 specification should have an explicit normative
> reference to the XML specification it is based on. The suggested
> document changes are detailed below (thanks to Martin for writing this
> up). Please let the WG know by August 24th if you object against
> implementing this change before YANG 1.1 is published.
>
> /js (with my RFC6020bis document shepherd hat on)
>
> Section 1:
>
> OLD:
>
> This document describes the syntax and semantics of version 1.1 of
> the YANG language. It also describes how a data model defined in a
> YANG module is encoded in the Extensible Markup Language (XML), and
>
> NEW:
>
> This document describes the syntax and semantics of version 1.1 of
> the YANG language. It also describes how a data model defined in a
> YANG module is encoded in the Extensible Markup Language (XML)
> [XML], and
>
>
> Section 1.1:
>
> OLD:
>
> o Allow type empty in a key.
>
> The following changes have been done to the NETCONF mapping:
>
> NEW:
>
> o Allow type empty in a key.
>
> o Removed the restriction that identifiers could not start with
> the characters "xml".
>
> The following changes have been done to the NETCONF mapping:
>
>
> Section 14:
>
> OLD:
>
> ;; An identifier MUST NOT start with (('X'|'x') ('M'|'m') ('L'|'l'))
> identifier = (ALPHA / "_")
> *(ALPHA / DIGIT / "_" / "-" / ".")
>
> NEW:
>
> identifier = (ALPHA / "_")
> *(ALPHA / DIGIT / "_" / "-" / ".")
>
>
> Section 21.1:
>
> NEW:
>
> [XML] Bray, T., Paoli, J., Sperberg-McQueen, M., Maler, E., and
> F. Yergeau, "Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.0 (Fifth
> Edition)", World Wide Web Consortium Recommendation REC-
> xml-20081126, November 2008,
> <http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/REC-xml-20081126>.
>
>
> --
> Juergen Schoenwaelder Jacobs University Bremen gGmbH
> Phone: +49 421 200 3587 Campus Ring 1 | 28759 Bremen | Germany
> Fax: +49 421 200 3103 <http://www.jacobs-university.de/>
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